I suppose you don't think that was a valid threat? Got a bridge to sell you.

Nor does yours. I defend his remarks because he's right to give provocateurs launching ICB test missiles that can reach our country a harsh warning, dummy.

Talk about dummy. To your first point....

Quote:

“North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States,” Trump said Tuesday in a short statement to reporters before a meeting on the national opioid crisis. “They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. [North Korean leader Kim Jong Un] has been very threatening beyond a normal state.”

So you agree it was a valid threat. Trump said NK "best not make any more threats". Now your lord and savior looks WEAK for a red line and then not defending it. Sound familiar? Oh wait, that's different.

to your second point.....Then you post a comment from Tillerson about using diplomacy and then defend Trump's bombastic approach. Nice way to place both sides of the fence. Hate being wrong so I guess plating both sides you think you dumb post are protected from picking apart. As usual......you're wrong!

Why can't something be what it is without you mopes turning it into a "pro Trump vs. anti Trump" circle jerk?

North Korea is a clear and present danger. The fact is not a result of Trump's (or Obama's) actions.

Pivoting off of Russia, what nonsense.

And again, some of you I have to laugh at. You expect people in here to act like grown ups because of how quickly things escalate. Did it ever dawn on you that is what we are expecting from our so called President? Nice to know to expect more from this group of misfits then our President!

Sure NK is a danger. Always was ans always will be. Sure you can say that Trump is not responsible for them being a threat and I would agree with you. However, it took Trump to escalate it to where it is now. He could have taken the Tillerson approach but he wanted to show the world how great and tough he is.

If you plan on actually attacking somebody, you don't alert your enemies as to the specifics. That's just saber-rattling. That's my take on all this.

Oh, and regardless, Trump needs to tone down the rhetoric. The President is not to lower himself to the likes of an insecure juvenile bully like Kim. But then again, we're talking about insecure juvenile bullies, aren't we?

OM

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If you plan on actually attacking somebody, you don't alert your enemies as to the specifics. That's just saber-rattling. That's my take on all this.

Oh, and regardless, Trump needs to tone down the rhetoric. The President is not to lower himself to the likes of an insecure juvenile bully like Kim. But then again, we're talking about insecure juvenile bullies, aren't we?

OM

Didn't Trump say he would keep adversaries guessing and never say in advance what US would do?

Then he tells NK exactly what he plans to do if NK makes one more threat.

Here's what amuses me so far in this discussion. The usual suspects/TDS sufferers get their jollies slamming Trump - mostly without offering any real alternative or historical perspective. Perhaps they haven't noticed that Clinton and Obama were spectacularly unsuccessful way before Trump came into office. Clinton even sent Jimmy Carter who came back with a deal that worked better when they hung it in the White House men's room.

If you're old enough to remember the Cuban Missile Crisis you may see some parallels. Learning about it in books isn't quite the same as experiencing it in real time, BTW.

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Why can't something be what it is without you mopes turning it into a "pro Trump vs. anti Trump" circle jerk?

North Korea is a clear and present danger. The fact is not a result of Trump's (or Obama's) actions.

Pivoting off of Russia, what nonsense.

We've got two immature leaders now having a dick swinging contest over the size of their arsenals. It's nothing new for Jong-un, but now our own POTUS has jumped down in the mud and is bragging about ours.

I doubt there is country on earth that isn't aware of our capabilities so showboating just comes across as taunting a guy who imo won't hesitate to actually try and prove he's got the ability to cause damage. Yes he will likely fail, but that's not the point.

Trump needs to crawl his *** out of the mud, stop his tweeting about our own weapons and let people like Tillerson handle this. I'm pretty sure the hope is to de-escalate. Not escalate.

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It's one thing to address the situation. It's quite another to escalate the situation by issuing a poorly worded response. Trump just flat out made the claim that if nk made another threat then it would be met with fire and fury. They came back with a threat towards Guam.

Called Trump's bluff.

LOL, really. You think that's "calling his bluff". Sounded more like a pitiful attempt to save face. Of course I'm not afflicted with TDS. Not much on impartial analysis are you: always comes down to "Trump!".

__________________A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise for to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government. - Thomas Jefferson.